According to the shelter's Facebook page, PovoDOG has spent $15, 000 to create the shelter.

'Annual operating costs are estimated at $56,000,' a spokesperson writes.

The New York Times wrote about the shelter last week.

The newspaper's David M. Herszenhorn reports animal rights workers have been 'racing to save the strays from exterminators" who have already killed hundreds of animals on the orders of government officials in Russia.

Last week, the shelter had rescued approximately 80 dogs.

Workers are reportedly hoping athletes and visitors will consider adoptions.